Steve Thomas

Editor of the Quad-City Times and

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Local unemployed mom earns more than $294/week work at home jobs. Go to http://t.co/nkxtXux

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Nice story here from Columbia Journalism about newspaper readership: http://tinyurl.com/nvgvgw.

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Times reporters Doug Green and Aaron Brenner blog live from the rain-soaked John Deere Classic PGA Tourney: http://tinyurl.com/l9yspt

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Interesting article: Has computer technology -- especially visual media -- impacted our abiliy to think deeply? http://tinyurl.com/llg2c6

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I wonder if TV reporters who erroneously report newspapers' demise will air this story about their own woes? http://tinyurl.com/lt7u6p

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Just got back from vaction in Hawaii. Newspaper headlines there were similar to the Midwest - complaints about bad roads and the economy.

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White powder spilled out of a mail package I opened at work Wednesday. Turned out to be cookie mix from state fair PR. It got my attention.

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A year ago June 12, flash floods hit the Q-C while it prepped for the 2nd Mississippi flooding in 3 months. See http://tinyurl.com/mb8wul

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We're holding a 65-year anniversary May 20 for columnist Bill Wundram. That's not his age but years working at the Times. Public is invited.

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Times reporter Tom Saul remains hospitalized after cardiac arrest and is still unconscious. Post on our blog at http://tinyurl.com/dgm8j5

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The Quad-City Times municipal government reporters have started a new blog, Q-C Watchblog. Check it out at http://qcwatchblog.qctimes.com.

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Quad-City Times has a new content management system and look for its Web site. This expands our online capabilities. http://www.qctimes.com/

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U.S. Sen Ben Cardin has introduced a bill to allow newspapers to operate as non-profits. http://tinyurl.com/cofsqd

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The Times has a "Hoops Challenge" for the NCAA men's tourney. Win prizes and set up your own groups. http://www.qctimes.com/hoops_challenge

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New independent report: 77.4% read Quad-City Times or qctimes.com in a week; 4.5% read us only online and 17.2% both ways. Dinosaur media?

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Lee Enterprises' CEO spelled out the plight of newspapers this week, defining it as economic not readership. http://tinyurl.com/d2qd8k

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A reader yesterday e-mailed that news space in the Times has gotten smaller and ads have gotten bigger. It's amazing how people see things.

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A radio report today claimed newspapers are in readership freefall. Another example of a talking head repeating this fallacy without proof.

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NPR has a good article, "Imagining a City Without Its Daily Newspaper." http://tinyurl.com/c555m3

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Calls are still coming in about us going to a narrower paper. But most now are only about the TV book we killed months ago. Go figure.